BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 38 PT. I(3)


Table 1. Dimensions of all temporary pond basins studied. Amphibian breeding codes are: 0-unknown,
S=Notophthalmus perstriatus, 2=Rana capitol, 3=both species.

 Breeding Dimensions of Pond Basins
Pond Code N-S E-W


ANF-1 1 50 m 64m
ANF-3 3 83 m 80 m
ANF-4 3 35m 70 m
GP 2 168 m 205 m
BP 3 95m 95m
OS 3 87m 93m
HP 3 105m 100 m
DP 0 78m 69m
WE-5 0 45 m 93 m
WE-6 0 66m 63 m
WE-11 0 82m 96m
LDP 1 105 m 103 m
RP 3 140m 144m



 Vegetation of three ponds was sampled in ANF. The ponds were designated as
ANF-1, ANF-3, and ANF-4 and were sampled in May 1990. In OSMP, the
vegetation of five ponds, Gopher Pond (GP), Breezeway Pond (BP), One Shot Pond
(OS), Harry Prairie Pond (HP), and Dry Pond (DP) was sampled in June and July
1990. Breezeway Pond and GP were also sampled in October and November 1989,
and the results of that survey are included (LaClaire and Smith unpubl. MS).
Vegetation of three ponds in WREC was also sampled in July 1990; pond
designations are WE-5, WE-6, and WE-11. Qualitative plant lists were compiled
for Lake Delancy Pond (LDP) in ONF and Recess Pond (RP) located on private
property adjacent to OSMP. Lake Delancy Pond was sampled January 1990 and
June 1991, and RP was sampled every 10 days May through August 1991 as part of
another study (LaClaire unpubl. data).
 The size of the pond basins, estimated from north-south and east-west axes
terminating at the pond/upland boundary, ranged from less than a hectare to
approximately 3 hectares (Table 1). These ponds were dominated by grasses,
sedges, and herbaceous vegetation, and none were forested wetlands. All of the
ponds had historical breeding records for either the Florida gopher frog or the
striped newt with the exception of Dry Pond in OSMP and the ponds located in
WREC. Dry Pond was selected because it had been dry for at least seven years
prior to the study and represented an extreme in length of the dry phase of
temporary ponds. The ponds in WREC were thought to represent potential
breeding ponds for the Florida gopher frog. The gopher frog is known to occur in